Andean Birds, Mixed Flocks, Colombia (3 of 4)

by: Moynihan, M

Publication date: 1964

Topics: Ornithology, Animal behavior, Ethology

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian Field Book Project

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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The is the third of four folders documenting M. Moynihan's behavioral observations of Andean Birds, mixed flocks, in Peru and Ecuador, 1964-1966. Pages are numbered,and entries are headed with date and location. They include colored annotations and references to other notes. Bird characteristics recorded include type (with common name), sex, and quantity. Entries include observed behaviors with time of day, weather, bird counts, vegetation, environment (sometimes with illustrations), and totals on observation time. Locations include but are not limited to the vicinity of Tarma, Panao, and Pachu Pichu [Machupicchu], Peru, as well as Papallacta and Atacazo, Ecuador

Abstract: The is the third of four folders documenting M. Moynihan"s behavioral observations of Andean Birds, mixed flocks, in Peru and Ecuador, 1964-1966. Pages are numbered,and entries are headed with date and location. They include colored annotations and references to other notes. Bird characteristics recorded include type (with common name), sex, and quantity. Entries include observed behaviors with time of day, weather, bird counts, vegetation, environment (sometimes with illustrations), and totals on observation time. Locations include but are not limited to the vicinity of Tarma, Panao, and Pachu Pichu [Machupicchu], Peru, as well as Papallacta and Atacazo, Ecuador.